If you read tech blogs and technology oriented sites regularly you notice that privacy is a hot topic on those sites. Most readers who visit those sites cherish their privacy, while the […]
When you look at the extensions that you have installed in your Chrome browser, you will probably notice that you do not use all of them all the time. It is more […]
Most Internet users do not know that every step they make on the Internet is likely tracked by one or multiple companies. Tracking can be loosely divided into a first party and […]
If you are using Google Image search for your image finding needs you'd probably noticed that it is sometimes not as easy to find the image on the page if you are […]
I prefer a near silent environment when I'm working on the computer. This is especially the case when I'm writing articles or researching things that I may write about. With noise being […]
Back in the beginning of last year I ran a piece on how to free up disk space by removing older versions of the Chrome web browser. I started to investigate the […]
Making sure that you are connected via SSL is one of the most important things Internet users can do to improve their security online. This is especially true on public computer networks, […]
If I had to grade my English pronunciation skills I'd probably give me a below average rating. I mainly attribute this to the fact that I do not speak English regularly. While […]
I had one of the strangest experiences ever in the past 24 hours. Yesterday evening I noticed that I was not getting any audio in Firefox. I first thought this was a […]
Not everyone is seeing the new Google header bar yet that is being rolled out currently. The new header area moves the menu items that were previously linked directly on the top […]
Google Chrome currently does not offer options to password protect the browser, or at least user data, from local access. Someone with access to the PC can fire up the browser to […]
If you ever had to work on a PC in a foreign country that is not your own, you may have noticed that the keyboard layout is not identical to keyboards that […]
SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act, has been covered before here on Ghacks. The bill is a blatant attempt to give law enforcement agencies and copyright holders more abilities under U.S. law […]
You don’t always have the time to sit in front of your laptop or desktop computer and read lengthy material. Google Chrome, which is a fantastic browser in so many ways, brings […]
You may sometimes stumble upon pages, websites or services on the Internet that you'd like to share with friends, colleagues or family. Many websites offer sharing buttons to share the link on […]
Browser extensions can improve a web browser's functionality significantly. They can improve a user's workflow on the web or add information to the browser that would otherwise not be directly accessible. When […]
All you see are asterisks whenever you enter passwords on the Internet. This makes it near impossible to make sure the correct password has been entered. The only indicator is the length […]
If you are working in a multi-user office, or in a room that people may enter unannounced, you'd probably like an option to hide what's shown on the screen when that happens. […]
Update: Google has modified the layout of the toolbar on Google properties. It removed the toolbar and replaced it with a couple of individual icons and links that are displayed instead. The […]
Pillarbox is a free Google chrome extension for writers and those who prefer a simple user interface over one cluttered with buttons and menus you will probably never use. Even a popup […]
The Chrome extension Rain Alarm provides users with up to date precipitation warnings right in the browser. The extension adds an icon to Chrome's address bar upon installation that acts as a […]
Many Google Chrome extensions add a button to the browser's address toolbar. If you have installed more than a dozen or so extensions, you may notice that space can become a issue, […]
I had my eyes on the FastestFox add-on for the Firefox browser for some time now. In the beginning, I thought it was just another add-on to speed up the browser like […]
Internet users are accustomed to ads on Internet pages. One of the most prominent advertisement services used these days is Google Adsense which is available for websites, searches on websites and for […]
One of the not so comfortable experiences that users can make on the Internet are websites where small images or thumbnails are displayed that reveal little to no information due to their […]
Update: The browser extension is no longer available. We suggest you check out 365Scores instead which offers similar functionality. Many football fans use the Internet regularly to check for football scores, results, […]
I'm not using private browsing modes that web browsers like Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and even Internet Explorer offer. The core reason is that I'm the only user on the PC so […]
Are you currently shopping for a new digital camera? Then you probably would like to see a few test photos taken with cameras that have made it on your list. Or maybe […]
I often find items on Steam that I'd really like to buy and play but consider to be to expensive at the time. This is usually the case with recently released games […]
One of the strengths of the Internet is that it is possible to pack a lot of information on a page. I'm talking about links, images and other media that can really […]
Depending on your work environment you sometimes may get distracted or interrupted by noise. In my particular situation for instance, I tend to get distracted by dog walkers or service cars outside […]
One of the two issues that I identified in yesterday's review of Opera's NotScripts extension was that it has not been updated for a long period of time. A script by the […]
If you are on the Google Chrome Stable channel you may have noticed that Google recently changed the new tab page in the web browser. The page now opens with the most […]
Prerendering in the best case speeds up specific processes. When it comes to web browsers the technology is used to pre-load and render websites to display them faster for the user. This […]
When you look at Google Chrome's feature set and compare it to that of other browsers like Opera, Internet Explorer or Firefox, you will come to the conclusion that web browsers are […]
If you are a heavy user of Google's Google+ social networking product you are probably keeping the site running in a tab all the time to never miss new messages. But even […]
Tabbed web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer have specific orders in which tabs are opened and closed. Developers have to configure orders for opening blank pages and links […]
Question on how to clear individual cookies in the Google Chrome web browser just came up and I thought I write a small guide here on Ghacks that provides details on how […]
TooManyTabs is a browser extension for Google Chrome that improves tab management in the web browser by displaying all in an overlay on the screen. If you have a lot of tabs […]
Update: Google has removed the +1 links from Google Search again. This is probably the main reason why the script was pulled by its author as it is no longer required. Search […]
